Tag-holder



F. e. SHUMAN,

I TAG HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED OCT-18,1918. 1,347,233. Patented July 20,1920.

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' t 3 I a? F vwemtoz I Cluoutu o FRANK GROVER SHUMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1920.

Application filed October 18, 1918. Serial No. 258,681.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK G. SI-IUMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Tag-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The structure forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be used for holding tags of the kind which are employed to indicate the price of merchandise, and the invention aims to provide a structure of the sort above mentioned, which may be fashioned at trifling expense out of inexpensive materials, means being provided whereby tags or cards of different sizes may be retained, and the construction being such that the merchandise will retain the holder on a shelf, and support a card or tag carried by the holder.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generallv and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a de vice constructed in accordance with the invention, mounted on a shelf, a tag being shown in a dotted line;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, a portion of the material on the shelf being shown as an added detail; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing a modification; and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4E4c of Fig. 3.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, it may be stated that the holder which forms the subject matter of this application preferably is fashioned from a rectangular strip of metal or other suitable material, the strip being of a common width from end to end, and being bent upon itself to form a base 1 and a front plate 2 disposed at right angles to the base. The front plate 2 has rearwardly extended tongues 3 struck therefrom, the tongues being located near to the vertical edges of the front plate 2 and near to the upper edge thereof. The base 1 rests on a shelf 4, and a card 5 is inserted between the tongues 3 and the rear surface of the front plate 2. The material'G on the shelf 4 rests upon the base 1 and holds the front plate 2 upright, the material 6 engaging behind the card or tag 5, to support the same, in a manner which will be obvious from Fig. 2.

In Figs. 3 and 4, the base appears at 7 and the front plate is shown at 8, the base resting on a shelf 9 upon which the material may be placed, as hereinbefore described in connection with Fig. 2. The front plate has forwardly extended tongues 9 struck therefrom, the tongues being located adjacent to the vertical edges of the front plate, and being disposed relatively close to the base 7. A card 10 is inserted between the tongues 9 and the forward surface of the front plate 8, in a manner which will be understood clearly from Fig. 4:.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A tag holder in the form of an L-shaped member comprising a base and a front plate disposed at right angles to the base, the front plate having upstanding card supporting tongues, the tongues being located relatively near to the lateral edges of the front plate thereby to space the tongues a maximum distance apart and to render them effective as a card supporting means. the tongues being located close to the upper edge of the front plate whereby a maximum portion of a card will be visible above the front plate, the tongues being struck rearwardly from the front plate whereby when an article is placed on the base, a card in the tongues may be bound between the article and the front plate and be supported above the front plate by the article, there by permitting the front plate to be of a minimum height and still permit the use of a card of relatively great height.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signzv ture in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK GROVER SHUMAN Witnesses:

ETHYL Gr. FAUOHER, EDWARD C. LONG. 

